| Show BIG I BOOST fOR BEET I RAISERS i Nine Nine Hundred Thousand Tons to Be Ground in County l 1 I v pr profit fit of 3 a a. ton tou after the b beets beis ts arc are slicked at t. t th the factory I f I i the proposed Salt Lake county sugar refinery according to J. J W. W McHenry president of the commercial clubs of this c county He estimates that the initial capacity of the plant will willbe willbe be tons daily daib and that upwards upwards upwards up up- wards of tons will be he ground during the season From this there will be recovered tons of pulp dail daily and other byproducts by by- products valuable for feeding The byproducts alone should pay the operating expenses of the factor factory y and aud a single season profits are estimated at This county has no sugar refinery refinery re re- re- re finery ry though its soil is better adapted ot be beet t raising than all alloth oth other r places in the state where factories are located Farmers will be saved a yearly freight of 1000 by having haTIng a plant down dowl the valley they ther can haul to It Itis Itis Itis is proposed to have havo l loading ading stations sta convenient to the farmers at too great a a. distance from the factory for a wagon haul and the farmers will be paid at these stations for their beets In this manner 25 cents a ton will be saved to the producers which has I heretofore been paid for shipping to Lehi and other points About 2600 acres wore were planted in I beet in this county last year From reports received to date atc it i is cx expected d that the the planting wil wH the Ibo increased to 1000 acre acres this year Mid arid nd in 1913 1916 it is thou thought ht that thoro will ba DO not nob less than thaD acree of beota crown iro Tho The yield in this state averages about thirteen tons ions to the acre which is above th the avera average e yield of the United States which is s shown by government reports to amount to tons to the the- aero acre A site sito for fOI the proposed refinery which is to cos cost has bas been of of- It comprises eighty acres at West Jordan and the Utah Irrigation company has donated tho the land and the tho water t that goes gots with it Tho The canal company gave e a three second f feet t of water to the factory from September 1 to o the close dose of tho the grinding season along in January This site has bas not definitely been decided upon as IS it will mn willbe be DO up to tho the now not organization when it t is completed ted to decide this matter Acres Contracted Mr M McHenry Henry and aDd his bis committee have just started on their work and aDd up to ho tho 2000 acres of beets have bac save been contracted for and worth of ot stock subscribed One Oue man mau offered to subscribe for worth of ot stock if tW tho factory was located i properly for the beet growers ers ot or in ina u ua a central place convenient to all planters plant plant- ers Almost all the subscription is in in small amounts from tho the growers themselves them selves and tho the committee has received ample assurance of raising the tho entire amount as soon as the tho farmers can be seen Tho The committee is working free of charge to the proposed company There is no promotion s st stick ck and aud every penny that is raised will win go 0 into factory construction Tho The Orem road roRd proposes cs to open up new t territory that will bo be tributary to this Ais factory by extending i its line down the ho valley alloy to Garfield on fl- fl J. J west Tho farmers banners that will bo be enabled to ship over this lino line aro are expected to produce enough beet su sugar r to keep one plant busy Some i idea ea of or this is is s given by bythe bythe bythe the statement that there thero is now under irrigation on the tho west side lIide by the five old canals 10 acres of There Thero will be placed under tho the ne new canal on the he west side acres additional onal Increased Irrigation On the cast side of the valley there thore canals during durin 1914 acres and this his year there will be acres more mora watered by the canals These do not Dol lauds lands irrigated b by tho the moan tam ain tain streams which is fully as large e as those irrigated by the lake water through h the tho canals All this ground will bo be greatly enhanced in value alue as asa asa a result of the encouragement of beet raisins raising as proposed by ha havn having tin a fac faa tory ory in the countr country One sugar beet bee section tion claims that its property ti ions n have been quadrupled its ts population population tion ion increased d and millions have bae been distributed among its hs ts agriculturists ts It t has helped the dairy interests and encouraged ho hog raising and live stock growing The farmers in Salt Lako Lake count- count will t be bo given iven back the tho byproduct from rom this factory tc to t fatten stock and andy by y this method they will be encouraged in n beet growing A factory in ui this county i is expected to o add a million dollars annually to the earnings of farmers Some ide ides idea of what a factor factory will wUl do is shown by reference reference ref ref- rence to the thA Murray canning factory which was started a few years rears ago and has about invested in in plant and nd property account Durin Dirin During the last season cason it is reported to have bao distributed mo l among the farmers It gave Jave employment to hundreds s of people The be roan management states that it camo came to this his city and got ot girls who were iven n regular employment during durin the cannin canning season A market for the refined sugar can canio Lo be io obtained here bore Tho production is estimated at pounds and one bi big ig firm offered to take about 50 ZO per percent percent cent ent of the output just as soon foon as the factory was ready to contract for its output Those who have ha the tho plant in charge have hat lave learned that 50 per cent of tho the materials required in the building can be 8 purchased hero and oO GO O per tr cent or better o of tho labor required require to install hp machinery will win bo Le employed from this fiel field Thus all tho tim money raised will be e paid out h hero ro excepting that paid aid out O for machinery that w will be bo shipped in and a small amount f for r skilled mechanics some of whom will ilI besent bo be sent hero by the tho foundries |
